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Archimandrite Oleg (Cherepanin),
representative of the Russian Orthodox Church in Thailand
From 18 to 23 December 2009 there were celebrations dedicated to the tenth anniversary of the Orthodox Church in Thailand, which was headed by A

St. Philoumenos the New Hieromartyr of Jacob's Well
(Feast Day - November 29)
"On November 16/29, 1979 they burst into the monastery and with a hatchet butchered Archimandrite Philoumenos in the form of a cross. With one vertical stroke the

By Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol
Many years ago when I was at Katounakia [a rugged area in the southeast of the Athonite peninsula] I would often spend time with that great contemporary holy elder Father Ephraim [Katounakiotis], Papa Ephraim,

By Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens
Address to the University of Iasi - "Futurum" June 2003
Right Honorable Chancellor,
Honorable Professors,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
My very dear youths, our pride and hope,
I am deeply moved as

Korais attempting to resurrect pagan Greece and Rhigas attempting to save Christian Romiosini.
From the publication of his dissertation to his death in 2001, Fr. John Romanides sought the completion of the work, which his friend and mentor, Fr. Ge

In Tainan
Fr. Jonah Mourtos
November 18, 2009
Fragrance of Asia
This past Friday I went to Tainan, a large city of Taiwan. A Christian of ours urged me to go see a couple. The husband, around 42 years old, undergoes a kidney dialysis every

In 1960, Nestor Savchuk was born in the province of Crimea in southern Russia. He was never close to his family but was always distant from them. As he grew into a young man, he began to channel all his energy into wrestling, boxing, and the martial

by His Eminence Metropolitan Athenagoras of Mexico
Thirteen years ago, when I undertook the (then newly-established) Holy Metropolis of Mexico with only three priests and three mainly Greek-speaking communities, in Mexico, Panama and Venezuela, I

Expropriation of Monastery Land Seen as Effort to Squash Syriacs.
Paul de Maeyer
February 18, 2011
Zenit
Not even the Mongols of the 14th century, when they killed 40 monks and some 400 faithful, succeeded in making one of the most ancient Ch

Demanding a Miracle: The "Russian Soul"
By Andrei Zolotov
July 9, 2010
Ria Novosti
The Need for Faith Is a Key Characteristic of the Russian Soul
RussiaProfile.Org, an online publication providing in-depth analysis of business, p

Dear visitors of our web-site of the monastery Lepavina! Due to a high number of visits of our website, I am honoured to take the responsibility to describe you in English different events from Serbian Orthodox Church and monastery Lepavina. We would like to inform you that we will be also putting on our web-site some texts in English on different subjects from other Orthodox websites. I deeply hope and believe that our Lord will help me in that!